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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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